Handbook on Clostridia (Hardcover)

I. MethodsSpecies and strain identification methods; Jones and KeisQuantitative proteome analysis of clostridia; Schaffer, Thormann, Hujer, and DurreGene cloning in clostridia; Davis, Carter, Young, and MintonGene analysis of clostridia; Tummala, Tomas, and PapoutsakisAnoxic testing and purification of enzymes; Thorsten SelmerII. Metabolic Pathways and Transport SystemsDegradation of polymers: cellulose, xylan, pectin, starch; LeschineGenetic organisation and regulation of hexose and pentose utilization in the clostridia; ReidCarbohydrate uptake by the phosphotransferase system and other mechanisms; Mitchell and TangneySpecial clostridial enzymes and fermentation pathways; BuckelDegradation of heterocyclic compounds; AndreesenNitrogen assimilation in the clostridia; Reid and StutzNitrogen fixation; ChenClostridial potassium transport systems; Treuner-Lange and DurreTransport of phosphate; Fischer and BahlIII. Cellular Components and Medical AspectsMembranes lipids of clostridia; Goldfine and JohnstonAdhesins; Mastrantonio and CollignonClostridial toxins versus other bacterial toxins; Popoff and StilesClostridial enterotoxins; McClaneClostridial cytotoxins; Barth and AktoriesMembrane active toxins; Titball and TwetenClostridial neurotoxins; JohnsonClostridial diseases of domestic animals; SongerIV. Regulatory MechanismsTwo-component signal transduction systems in the clostridia; Cheung, McGowan, and RoodComparative genomic analysis of signal transduction proteins in clostridia; Dob, Groger, Knauber, Whitworth, and Treuner-LangeRegulation of catabolic gene systems; Tangney and MitchellRNA polymerase and alternative s factors; Sonenshein, Haraldsen, and DupuyTransposable genetic elements of the clostridia; Lyras and RoodV. Complex Regulatory NetworksSporulation (morphology) of the clostridia; Labbe Sporulation in clostridia (genetics); DurreFormation of solvents in clostridia; DurreVI. Special Groups and EcosystemsBacteriophages of Clostridium; JonesAcetogenic clostridia; Drake and KuselHalophilic clostridia; OrenSyntrophism among clostridiales; Plugge and StamsEcology and activity of clostridia in the intestine of mammals; Konstantinov, Smidt, and AkkermansVII. Novel Developments and ApplicationsIndustrially relevant fermentations; Ezeji, Qureshi, Cotta, and BlaschekMetabolic engineering of solventogenic clostridia; Tomas, Tummala, and PapoutsakisBiodegradation of hazardous materials by clostridia; Ahmad, Hughes, and BennettClostridial collagenase in wound repair; BrettClostridia as production systems for prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins of therapeutic value in tumor treatment; Van Mellaert, Theys, Pennington, Barbe, Nuyts, Landuyt, Lambin, Minton, and Anne